Help Save Abdulkareem's Leg

Last Monday when the bloggers went to NBK's Cancer hospital for the Kids Cancer Party, there was a little brave and smiling boy called AbdulKareem. He has cancer in his leg that is spreading to his body and his only chance of survival is to have his leg cut off or has a knee replacement surgery.

Knee replacement surgery is not available in Kuwait but its available in Jordan and costs 30,000 KD. The boy is not Kuwaiti and his family doesn't have that money. He has no time as his leg cutting operation is scheduled for next week.

Detox Day 7

I woke up on Day 7 feeling very hungry! The boys wanted to eat out. So I decided to take them to Le Pain Quotidian, they serve organic food, right? It was very good and enjoyed a lot.

Breakfast: Fruit ice tea unsweetened & a spinach omelet.


Lunch: Potato & Butter Bean salad with a balsamic yogurt dressing.


Dinner: Skipped

  I forgot to bring any stevia sweetener with me, and they didn't have any sort of sweeteners except for regular sugars and sugar syrups. So I had my ice tea unsweetened. After a couple of sips it was tolerable.

 A very yummy spinach omelet and I loved the lettuce with the herby dressing. No I didn't touch the bread :)

 It was late afternoon I decided to have my lunch. I used half a can of Epicure brand butter bean, so I hope it is ok for a detox diet, 1 boiled large potato chopped, 1/4 chopped onions, and 2 Tbs of chopped chives.

I started making a regular balsamic vinaigrette. But a potato salad is perfect when it has that creamy dressing with it, don't you agree? 2 Tbs olive oil and balsamic vinegar. 1 tsp of Dijon mustard, 1 garlic clove crushed, 2 Tbs Lemon juice, Salt & Pepper. 2 Tbs yogurt.


7 days down and 7 days to go. I have noticed a lot of changes. I feel lighter, I have more energy and I sleep better in the evenings. The headaches I had the first few days are gone, although cravings do hit me in the late afternoons, with few cups of white tea they are gone!
I am hoping to add a half hour of exercise session in the evenings this week.
You want to know how much weight I lost? Will tell you by the end of this 14 days detox :)

Detox Day 6

Have you ever waked up one morning and you discovered you have suddenly acquired intolerance to certain foods? I don't remember when I've discovered I was lactose intolerant and strong spices intolerant. I can't remember the last time I had Indian food, and one of the reasons I try to stay away from the Biryani prepared by John the cook. 

On Day 5 detox I had a tandoori fish and I used the minimum of the required tandoori paste in the recipe just to give it a little flavor. As soon as I was done eating, I knew I've done a great error! I was uncomfortable for the rest of the evening! :s  
Day 6 detox was spent on drinking herbal concoctions and eating yogurt. I was feeling nauseous all day and by evening I felt a bit hungry and had only green apples with a couple spoons yogurt.

Photo Challenge Day 16: What I ate

Photo Challenge Day 16: What I ate

When I go to Gaucho Grill...it isn't only for the Steaks

but also this yummyliciousPalmoto Salad!!!

That day when we went there I only had the Salad and stole

few pieces from Fahad's steak :)

Photo Challenge Day 15: My Shoes

Photo Challenge Day 15: My Shoes.

I really thought about taking a pic of my shoe closet...

and I did, and it didn't look nice at all!!! So messy!

Needs to be cleared up this week! ASAP!

Yes these Sergio's are high, but they are the most comfortable heels I bought last season and I love them so much, unlike the soft ballet flats I wore the other day which gave blisters to my little toes :s

Detox Day 5

The good thing about this diet is I've been so busy, I don't have the time to think about the hunger pangs or the cravings! (Apple cupcake with cream cheese *sigh*) Yallah 9 more days to go!

Day 5

Breakfast: Egg with the leftover tomato salsa and a sprinkle of parsley

Lunch: White fish fillet tandoori fillet with yogurt & cucumber salsa, lettuce wrap.

Dinner: skipped.

 Sawili baith w 6ma6! w 7e6eli foga be6a6!!!

 Maqo! Maqo! Maqo!

 Almond milk

Slice white fish and rub with 1/4 tsp of tandoori paste (you can add more paste if you like), marinade for a couple of hours. Fry with a little bit of olive oil until done. Then add 1/4 yogurt and chopped green onions. In a different bowl add 1/2 cup of yogurt, with chopped parsley and dill, salt & pepper and a tiny squeeze of honey. 
Place fish and yogurt mix on lettuce, wrap and Bon Appetit!
The same recipe you can try it with cooked shredded chicken and add some sweet mango chutney. You can also use Saj or pitta bread with it :)

Detox Day 4

The evening before I slept early but was rudely awakened by Ahmed who crawled into our bed sometime earlier and gave me a "Whack!" on the face with his little feet. Disgruntled I tried to pick him back to his bed and he started crying! Did I ever mention about Ahmed when he starts crying? Once his Jukebox opens it never closes!
"Ok habeebee!...5ala9… come sleep in our bed…5ala9!!"


But then he hangs on to one word.


"Laish…laish…laish…laish…laish…!"


Ya rabi! Slowly he quiets down, as for I, I toss and turn for half hour before I gave up and got up. I started reading hoping it would make me feel sleep. I hear the Fajer prayer, so there is no point in going back to sleep. Besides Fahad woke up.


Ok…side tracking…the point I'm trying to make is the lack of sleep makes me stressed and when I'm stressed I get very hungry! I had a late start on my exercising and I had to change and rush out of the house, and on my meal plan I had smoothie for breakfast. So the only thing I can think of is… what I had for dinner last night is what I'm going to have for breakfast. Chopped pineapples and papaya with 3 Tbs skimmed yogurt and a dash of almond milk and whizzzzzzzzed! I poured it in my coffee cup over some ice and went out. The taste wasn't that bad. Usually when I do my smoothies I add freshly squeezed orange juice. Next time I'll add some oranges. As the day went by, the hunger and cravings kicked in! Today I craved hot chocolate. Yummy, creamy hot chocolate!


Day 4


Breakfast: Smoothie, yogurt pineapples, papay with a dash of Almond milk.


Lunch: Lemony white fish fillet with a sweet tomato garlic salsa! (the best I made so far)


Dinner: skipped.

 My Breakfast

 Pulpy tomoatoes

Et Voila! There will be some tomato salsa left

save it for breakfast the next day :)

1 lemon, peel the lemon avoiding white pith, slice the rind thinly. Squeeze juice from lemon. Combine fish with rind, juice, 1/4 cup parsley, 1 clove garlic crushed, and 1/4 tsp turmeric 1/4 chili in a medium bowl cover and refrigerate 3 hours. Place fish in the oven for 20-30 min with marinade until done. Cut tomatoes and place side up in a baking tray. Sprinkle with salt, drizzle with combined with 1 tsp oil, vinegar. Bake 30min or until tomatoes browned and pulpy. 1 garlic bulb wrap in a foil and bake for 1 hour until garlic is soft. Squeeze out the pulp of garlic, mix with tomatoes and mash with a fork.